Emmy Award

By Myles And perhaps there are those who don’t think the Emmy should be slick, but this is television here. Unlike the Academy Awards, which tend to award everything to dramatic performances with nearly no mention of comedy, this is a medium which welcomes all forms of genre from the lowly reality t...

By Myles 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards LiveBlog September 20th, 2009 7:20pm: As we wait for the show to begin, feel free to check out my predictions for the big night (the acting categories all link to long analysis pieces of each category): Cultural Learnings’ Full Emmy Predictions.

By Myles Lead Actress in a Drama Series Glenn Close (Damages) Lead Actor in a Drama Series Hugh Laurie (House) Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Steve Carell (The Office) Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Toni Colette (United States of Tara) Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) Su...

By Myles Lead Actor in a Drama Series Predicting the 2009 Emmys And the nominees are… However, in the end, I think it’s about time that America once again gets surprised to hear Dr. House speaking with a British accent, this time with an Emmy in his hand.

By Myles Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Predicting the 2009 Emmys And the nominees are… Predicted Winner: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) Runner-Up: William Shatner (Boston Legal) Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Predicting the 2009 Emmys And the nominees are… William S

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By Myles I think that Perkins and Williams are out of the running at this point: I don’t think either of them have the material or the buzz factor to be able to successfully mount a competitive fight here. I’m also going to suggest that Wiig is probably not going to make it either. I like her, and I think th...

By Myles As for Dillon and Cryer, I think they’re out of the game: Cryer’s show didn’t even grab a series nod so he won’t have the support to beat buzz-worthy contenders, and Dillon’s time to contend for an Emmy is long gone (although I’ve felt his worth in Season Six of Entourage has been an improveme...

By Myles The Power of PBS’ Little Dorrit Going into the ceremony, everyone was expecting for HBO’s Grey Gardens to dominate the various creative arts categories like art direction, costumes, and cinematography amongst the Miniseries/Movie/Special categories. However, to the surprise of at...

By Myles For those who don’t know, the plan for the Emmys is to take a selection of categories and pre-tape (or “time-shift”) them, allowing the producers to edit them down to the essentials (a list of nominees, the winning speech) and cut out the parts that take up time (the walking, the preamble, t...

By Myles The Freshmen Fail True Blood had a real shot at some awards love, but it was empathically shut out of the proceedings: it’ll probably contend with United States of Tara for best Title Sequence, but with no Drama Series or Lead Actress love, it’s clear the Emmys didn’t find its vampire story...

By Myles Lead Actress in a Drama Series Glenn Close (Damages) Lead Actor in a Drama Series Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment) Jon Hamm (Mad Men) Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?) Toni Colette (United States of Tara) Tina Fey (30 Rock)

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By Myles Predictions for Lead Actor in a Comedy Alec Baldwin (”30 Rock”)Steve Carell (”The Office”)David Duchovony (”Californication”)Jim Parsons (”The Big Bang Theory”)Tony Shalhoub (”Monk”)Charlie Sheen (”Two and a Half Men”) Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Predictions There is no catego...

By Myles Predictions for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Jon Cryer (”Two and a Half Men”)John Krasinski (”The Office”)Tracy Morgan (”30 Rock”)Neil Patrick Harris (”How I Met Your Mother”)Jeremy Piven (”Entourage”)Rainn Wilson (”The Office”) Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Predictions Ri...

By Myles And thus, we’ll spend the next three days previewing the major categories (plus a post on Wednesday bringing together all of the predictions along with some thoughts on the other categories not given a total preview). I go out on multiple limbs, ignore numerous logical predictions, but e...

By Myles Admittedly, there is part of me that is fascinated by something like the Emmy Awards process: the predictions, the politics, the bureacracy, the wacky decisions, and everything else that comes with it ultimately are intriguing to me at some level. But in terms of actually disagreeing wi...

By Myles Of course, what Smothers was getting at is that this is impossible, primarily because the definition of truth is so malleable and, in our case, adaptable. There might be one or two TV viewers out there who agree with every single decision made tonight, or those who believe in award shows as s...

By Myles Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Michael Emerson (Lost)Ted Danson (Damages)William Shatner (Boston Legal)Zeljko Ivanek (Damages)John Slattery (Mad Men) John Adams (HBO) - A total no-brainer, the miniseries has already won something ridiculous like 8 Emmys from the Creative Art...

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By Myles Now, this is not to say that the Emmys have ever been the People's Choice awards - their choices were always of a genuinely high calibre to be quite honest, and their recognition of shows like Arrested Development or Lost's first season in this era is reflective of their good taste. But they w...

By Myles The Good: In perhaps my favourite news of the ceremony, a bump to six nominees in the Drama Series category sees Lost make it into the fray ahead of Grey's Anatomy, securing its first nomination in the category since its first season. Michael Emerson also grabbed a Supporting Actor nominat...

By Myles Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Michael Emerson (Lost)Ted Danson (Damages)William Shatner (Boston Legal)Zeljko Ivanek (Damages)John Slattery (Mad Men) Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)Rachel Griffiths (Brothers...

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By Myles Trend: The category is usually used to represent the best in episodic television along with the year's standout pilots. It's considered one of the best categories, mainly because of said high quality. Outstanding Guest Acting in a Drama Series

By Myles So, without further adieu, my predictions for the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. Outstanding Drama Series Boston Legal (ABC)Damages (FX)House (FOX)Lost (ABC)Mad Men (AMC) Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Michael Emerson (Lost)Ted Danson (Damages)William Shatn...

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By Myles Category: Supporting Actor, Comedy Series Category: Supporting Actor, Drama Series Category: Supporting Actor, Drama Series Categories: Supporting/Lead Actress, Drama Series Categories: Lead Actor, Drama Series Categories: Supporting Actress/Actor, Drama Series

By Myles Gold Derby: Emmy Drama/Comedy Top 10 Submissions [Link] Drama Comedy The Big Snub: That wouldn't be nearly as surprising except that it means that Desperate Housewives, one of the highest rated shows on television, didn't make it as a result.

By Myles Achieving success in the Supporting Actress in a  Comedy Series takes one of three things: having a recognizable name, being on a popular show, or being on a show that has won Emmys in the past. Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) Achieving success in the Supporting Actress in a  Comedy Series takes on...

By Myles If there's something to say about the Supporting Actor category for comedy series, it's that it has far too many candidates, largely due to the nature of television comedy. There are just a lot of male comic performers who steal their respective shows, emerging from the spotlight of the "s...

By Myles How It Works: On July 17th the nominees are finalized and announced to the public. And then the voting begins again, this time with the prize being an Emmy award. [The following is a post I wrote last year around this time, explaining how the Emmy Awards nominat

By Myles In the Emmy Awards' smallest acting category, there's not much in the way of wiggle room. The small numbers should mean more of a chance of grabbing a nomination for newcomers, like Pushing Daisies' Anna Friel or Miss/Guided's Judy Greer, but it's also one of the most tightly contested of t...

By Myles “I am truly grateful for the honor that the Academy bestowed upon me last year. I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the Academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention. In addition, I did no...

By Myles Chances: Definite Nomination. Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Tina Fey Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Chances: Definite Nomination, Likely Win. Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Likely Nominees: "Greenzo," "Rosemary's Baby" Outstanding Direction in a Comedy Series